Device for applying fluids.



L. LAVIGNE.

DEVICE FOR APPLYING FLUIDS.

APPLICATION FILED 11120.4,1911.

Patented Deal 24, 1912.

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TTN ITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS LAVIGNE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DEVICE FOR APPLYING FLUIDS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LoUIs LAVIGNE, a citizen of the United States,residing in the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices forApplying Fluids, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the type of fluid distributing devices set forthin Letters Patent No. 567,598 of September 15th, 1896, the object beingto improve and perfect the device and render it more effective andconvenient in use and application, and particularly to render itadaptable for use for the spreading of oil over surfaces either forlubrication or polish.

The invention consists in the specific arrangement and construction ofparts described and claimed, whereby among other results I am enabled todispense with the clamping strips which are a feature of said LettersPatent, and to simplify and cheapen the structure as a whole.

Another distinctive feature is that my improved structure admits ofreversal of the device so that it may rest firmly on the flattemporarily when not being actually manipulated, thus rendering it morestable and convenient in use. Another object attained is adapting thedevice to the spreading of oil or other fluid in corners and otherspaces that would be otherwise inaccessible; and in the provision ofprotruding buffers formed by extensions of the spreading pad wherebyinjurious contact with extraneous objects is avoided.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1, is a top view of my improvedliquid spreader; Fig. 2, a rear view of the same; Fig. 3, a front viewthereof; Fig. 4, an end elevation; Fig. 5, a similar view, showing thedevice reversed and resting on the flat; Fig. 6, a bottom view of thereservoir &c., the spreader pad being removed; Fig. 7, an edge view ofthe spreader pad detached; Fig. 8, a transverse central section of thereservoir &c., upon an enlarged scale, the spreader pad and clamps beingomitted; Fig. 9, is a sectional detail taken at right angles to Fig. 8;Fig. 10, is a view of one of the clamping screws.

While my improved device is applicable for the spreading or distributionof different liquids for various purposes, I will hereinafter, forconvenience describe it as applied Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 4, 1911.

Patented Dec. 24, 1912.

Serial N 0. 663,927-

to spreading of oil either for the purpose of lubricating or polishingsurfaces.

The mam peculiarity about the shape of the reservoir R, is that itflares downward and outward longitudinally from the ends of the crown r,to the ends of the elongated nozzle r, as shown more particularly inFigs. 2 and 3, so that the extremities of said nozzle protrude somedistance beyond the crown and upper portion of the reservoir. Thisconstruction, and the fact that the ends 8, s, of the spreader pad S,are made so as to protrude still farther beyond the ends of the nozzle1", enable me to attain convenient access to corners and other spacesand surfaces that would otherwise be inaccessible, and this is animportant practical advantage, especially where the device is used foroiling or polishing floors, and for similar purposes. Furthermore theends 8, s, of the spreader pad S, also perform the function of buffersto prevent injurious contact with furniture or other extraneous objects.

The spreader pad S, (Fig. 7) is made of two strips or thicknesses s, s,of felt or other suitable fibrous or absorbent material adapted to actas a vehicle for the transmission and spreading of the oil. These stripsare of suitable length, to include the buffing ends 8, s, which are cutdiagonally to parallel the angle of inclination of the end walls 'r- Tof the reservoir It, and are sewed or otherwise secured together, as ats 8 to create the central longitudinal loop or opening 8 into which theelongated nozzle 0*, of the reservoir may be inserted.

The sheet metal side flaps F, F, between which the main portion of thespreader pad S, is clamped in order to hold in position and regulate theflow of oil therethrough, are soldered at their upper edges f, f, asheretofore to the broad sides of the reservoir R. In order to dispensewith the clamping strips shown and described in Letters Patent 567,598,heretofore mentioned, I fold over and inward the metal at the free edgesf, and f f*, of the flaps F, F, to form reinforcing strips f whichstiffen each flap F, sufficiently to admit of the application of theclamping devices directly thereto without danger of warping or impairingthe shape of the said flaps. These stiffeners f, are shown in Figs. 8and 9, and may consist of separate strips soldered in place, althoughobviously the preferable manner of formation is to bend over and doublethe thickness of the metal at the edges as above stated. Thus reinforcedthe heads 6, of the bolts Z), and the thumb nuts 6 may be made to beardirectly against outer surfaces of the controlling flaps F, F, as shownin Figs. 2 and 3, thereby simplifying and cheapening the structure, andrendering it more durable and convenient in use. In this connection itis to be noted that I use a screw bolt 1), having a square shank b", andform oneof the flaps F, with square bolt holes f one of which is shownin Fig. 9, thereby securing the bolts against rotation on theirlongitudinal axes and facilitating the manipulation of the parts inregulating the flow of oil.

In order to attain and maintain a nozzle area of uniform size and shapeI reinforce the lips r, r of the nozzle r, by means of braces r rsituated between the positions assigned to the screw bolts 5, 7). Thisprevents the compression of the lips with relation to each other andinsures a uniform flow to the spreading pad S, the compression of whichlatter alone is the proper and most satisfactory method of regulatingthe fiow of theoil to the surface to be treated.

In order that thedevice may be laid flat on its back, or crown whenreversed, as shown in Fig. 5, which I find in actual practice to be agreat desideratum, I countersink the filling cap 0, directly within thecrown r, of the reservoir R, as shown more particularly in Fig. 8, ofthe drawings. That is to say the perforated screw seat W, for thereception of the screw cap a, protrudes into the reservoir so that thecap when screwed home is flush with the outer surface of the crown r,and hence allows the crown to rest smoothly and evenly on any flatsurface, such at that of thefloor or other surface under treatment, oron any other convenient flat support. For this reason the handle h, isattached diroot and only to a side of the reservoir, and is arranged atsuch an inclination with relation thereto (according to its length) asnot to interfere with the placing of the device in the reverse positionwith the crown r, flat and even upon the supporting plane,

' as clearly illustrated in Fig. 5.

The screw cap (2, is formed with a cross bar 0, or otherwise providedwith means for facilltating its manipulation.

l/Vhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patentis,

A device of the character designated comprising a reservoir formed withan elongated non-compressible nozzle of greater length than the crown ofthe reservoir so as to pro? ject laterally beyond the same at eitherend, a spreader pad applied to the nozzle and protruding beyond the endof the nozzle, integrally stiffened controller flaps on the sides of thereservoir engaging directly with said pad, and means for compressing thespreader pad between and by means of said controller flaps, said meanspassing through said flaps and pad only, independently of the nozzle,and transverse braces interposed between and secured to and reinforcingthe side walls of said nozzle, said flaps being extended beyond thedischarge end of the nozzle and serving solely for retaining andcoinpresslng said flaps.

LOUIS LAVIGNE.

Witnesses G120. WM. MIATT, LILLIA MIATT.

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